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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The total amount of profit that could be earned from a fishery owned by an individual after subtracting input costs (usually capital and labor). Individual ownership maximizes economic rent, but an open-entry policy usually results in so many fishermen that profits higher than the opportunity cost are driven to zero.
Industry:Fishing
Species important to the viability of the fishery, both target and nontarget.
Industry:Fishing
The line where two oceanic water masses meet, resulting in the sinking of the denser one.
Industry:Fishing
Generally, the natural or man-induced process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved mineral nutrients (particularly phosphorus and nitrogen) that stimulate the growth of aquatic plants and enhances organic production of the water body. Excessive enrichment may result in the depletion of dissolved oxygen and eventually to species mortality.
Industry:Fishing
The preparation or packaging of fish to render it suitable for human consumption, retail sale, industrial uses, or long-term storage, including but not limited to cooking, canning, smoking, salting, drying, filleting, freezing, or rendering into meal or oil, but not heading and gutting unless additional preparation is done.
Industry:Fishing
The number (weight) of fish in a stock that can be taken by fishing without reducing the stock biomass from year to year, assuming that environmental conditions remain the same.
Industry:Fishing
To be connected to a place, region, or resource because it has significant meaning to the culture of the individual and his or her group. In most cases cultural affiliation requires more than one generation to establish, and for some groups the connections have been developed over centuries. The Federal government uses the term in various environmental laws and requlations.
Industry:Fishing
In fisheries science, a description of something that cannot be observed. Often a set of equations and data used to make estimates.
Industry:Fishing
Warmblooded animals that live in marine waters and breathe air directly. These include porpoises, dolphins, whales, seals, and sea lions.
Industry:Fishing
The dependence of a factor influencing population dynamics (such as survival rate or reproductive success) on population density. The effect is usually in the direction that contributes to the regulative capacity of a stock.
Industry:Fishing
